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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 25    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  500/1500  Analyst: White, S.M.
Hole: 239   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   310.50
Core:  19   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   309.00
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):   309.50

LITHOLOGY: SEDIMENT (CLAY);

  Texture    : DRILLING BRECCIA, FINE AT TOP TO COARSE AT BOTTOM;

  Comments   : DRILLING BRECCIA WITH COLORS OF MODERATE BROWN
               (5 YR 4/4) + (5 YR 3/4) AND GREENISH GREY (5 G 6/1),
               ALSO SECTION HAS SILT BEARING NANNO RICH CLAY, SEE
               CORE FORM AND LITHOLOGIC DESCRIPTION IN THE INITIAL
               REPORTS FOR MORE INFORMATION;


Leg : 25    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/   0  Analyst: White, S.M.
Hole: 239   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   312.10
Core:  19   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   309.00
Sect: CC    Top of Section Depth(m):   312.10

LITHOLOGY: BASALT;
           SEDIMENT (NANNO OOZE);

  Comments   : MODERATE BROWN (5 YR 3/4) BASALT AND BASALT
               FRAGMENT, FOR MORE INFORMATION SEE CORE FORM AND
               LITHOLOGIC DESCRIPTION IN THE INITIAL REPORTS;


Leg : 25    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  680/1500  Analyst: Moore, C.
Hole: 239   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   321.50
Core:  20   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   320.00
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):   320.68

LITHOLOGY: BASALT;

  Texture    : FINE GRAINED AND APPARENTLY CRYSTALLINE PROBABLY
               EITHER INTERGRANULAR OR INTERSERTAL, CROSS CUTTING
               GLASSY ZONE OF O.5 TO 1.0 CM THICK (INTERVAL 132-
               135 CM);

  Structure  : CORE CUT BY IRREGULARLY STAINED CARBONATE FILLED
               FRACTURES LESS THAN 2 MM WIDE;

  Alteration : BASALT MEDIUM DARK GREY (N 4) ON FRESH SURFACE;

  Comments   : MEDIUM DARK GREY (N 4) ON FRESH SURFACE AND MEDIUM
               GRAY (5 G Y 6/1) ON WEATHERED SURFACE (COLORS ON
               DRY SURFACE), CROSS CUTTING GLASSY ZONE OF O.5 TO
               1.0 CM THICK (INTERVAL 132-135 CM), FOR MORE
               INFORMATION SEE CORE FORM AND LITHOLOGIC DESCRIPTION
               IN THE INITIAL REPORTS;

  Replacement: CARBONATE
               CARBONATE FILLED FRACTURES LESS THAN 2.0 MM WIDE;


Leg : 25    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  680/1500  Analyst: Vallier, T.
Hole: 239   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   321.50
Core:  20   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   320.00
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):   320.68

LITHOLOGY: BASALT;

  Texture    : DENSE, DEVITRIFIED GLASSY ZONE AT 140 CM;

  Structure  : FRACTURED, FRACTURE MAY BE CHLORITIZED GLASS
               POSSIBLY A PILLOW;

  Alteration : FRACTURE MAY BE CHLORITIZED GLASS;

  Comments   : DARK GREY, DEVITRIFIED GLASSY ZONE AT 140 CM, FOR
               MORE INFORMATION SEE CORE FORM AND LITHOLOGIC
               DESCRIPTION IN THE INITIAL REPORTS;


Leg : 25    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/   0  Analyst:
Hole: 239   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   321.60
Core:  20   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   320.00
Sect: CC    Top of Section Depth(m):   321.60

LITHOLOGY: BASALT;

  Comments   : FOR MORE INFORMATION SEE CORE FORM AND LITHOLOGIC
               DESCRIPTION IN THE INITIAL REPORTS;


Leg : 25    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  100/1500  Analyst: Moore, C.
Hole: 239   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   323.50
Core:  21   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   322.00
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):   322.10

LITHOLOGY: BASALT;

  Texture    : CLAY BORDERED BY 0.5 CM GLASSY ZONE OF BASALT
               (CHLORITIZED) AT 45 CM, GLASSY ZONES (INTERVAL 81-83
               CM) POSSIBLY INTERFACES BETWEEN TWO FLOWS, OTHERWISE
               TEXTURE IS FINE GRAINED CRYSTALLINE AS VIEWED
               MACROSCOPICALLY;

  Alteration : DARK GREY (N 3) TO MEDIUM DARK GREY ON FRESH
               SURFACE, GLASSY ZONE OF BASALT AT 45 CM
               CHLORITIZED;

  Comments   : DARK GREY (N 3) TO MEDIUM DARK GRAY (N 4) ON FRESH
               SURFACE AND GREENISH GRAY ON WEATHERED SURFACE,
               SEDIMENT IS MODERATE YELLOWISH BROWN (10 YR 5/4) AT
               40 CM, GLASSY ZONES (INTERVAL 81-83 CM) POSSIBLY
               INTERFACES BETWEEN TWO FLOWS, FOR MORE INFORMATION
               SEE CORE FORM AND LITHOLOGIC DESCRIPTION IN THE
               INITIAL REPORTS;


Leg : 25    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  100/1500  Analyst: Vallier, T.
Hole: 239   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   323.50
Core:  21   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   322.00
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):   322.10

LITHOLOGY: BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCES 1 (10-19), 2 (21-28(, 3 (30-36), 4 (37-40),
               5 (41-56), 6 (56-64), 7 (65-73), 8 (74-76),
               9 (76-82), 10 (83-85), 11 (85-91), 12 (92-99),
               13 (100-114), 14 (114-121), 15 (122-129),
               16 (130-141), 17 (141-147), 18 (147-150);

  Texture    : DENSE, GLASSY ZONE AT 83-85 CM;

  Structure  : FRACTURED;

  Comments   : DARK GRAY (N 3), GLASSY ZONE AT 83-85 CM, FOR MORE
               INFORMATION SEE CORE FORM AND LITHOLOGIC DESCRIPTION
               IN THE INITIAL REPORTS;


Leg : 25    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/   0  Analyst: Vallier, T.
Hole: 239   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   323.60
Core:  21   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   322.00
Sect: CC    Top of Section Depth(m):   323.60

LITHOLOGY: BASALT;

  Comments   : FOR MORE INFORMATION SEE CORE FORM AND LITHOLOGIC
               DESCRIPTION IN THE INITIAL REPORTS;


    

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Cite as: Deep Sea Drilling Project (1989): Archive of Core and Site/Hole Data and Photographs from the Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP). National Geophysical Data Center, NOAA. doi:10.7289/V54M92G2 [access date]

These Web pages are from the Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project Legs 1-96 CD-ROM produced in 1989 and modified in 2000 by the U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service, National Geophysical Data Center (now part of the National Centers for Environmental Information), and collocated World Data Center for Marine Geology and Geophysics, Boulder (now part of the World Data Service for Geophysics). Data were compiled in cooperation with the U.S. Science Support Program, of the Joint Oceanographic Institutions, Inc. (now the Consortium for Ocean Leadership), and the U.S. National Science Foundation.

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